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Look to move into niger and increase risks from outside the region as well? the increase risks from outside the region as well?— region as well? the 'ihadist entities have * region as well? the 'ihadist entities have been _ region as well? the jihadist| entities have been targeting niger, they have been encroaching on the capital for two years and we have seen an uptick in terrorist attacks inside of niger so if you see western military aid and support, assistance, training suspended to niger, you're going to see a further encroachment and certainly the jihadists will see it as a new opportu...

In fact, that we see rather quickly a degradation of the security environment in the country but again, i think this is the irony of this coup, and the coups in mali and burkina faso, what you find is military leaders who simply don't believe that civilian rulers can manage security threats in the country and so this is the same playbook they are playing from right now, but what has resulted in mali and burkina faso since those coups is a degradation of security, not an improvement, so i would expect to see the same in niger. i'm glad you brought up those two countries as well, burkina faso an...

Organisations in the region looking to move in on niger and do you see increased risks outside the region as well? thosejihadist already are targeting niger, they have been encroaching on the capital for upwards of two years and we have seen an uptick in terrorist attacks inside of niger so if you see western military aid and support, assistance, training suspended to niger, you're going to see a further encroachment and certainly those jihadists will see this as a new opportunity to expand their territory. so i think it's very likely, in fact, that we see rather quickly a degradation of the s...

We've already increased by 20,000 the number of troops on the european continent. we have been able to keep that rotational presence there. more than 80,000 troops in europe. that's a lot. what we'll do with these small number of 3,000 national guardsmen. these are people specialists in things like administrative, logistics supply, medical, dental. the functions to support and sustain a large troop presses for a long time. what this is, a realization of the fact that we know, the president knows, the security environment in europe is changed. not has changed and will changed. it has changed no...

Military readiness. i would also say, before i finish that, that without these leaders in their jobs. what kind of a message does that send to the rest of the world at a time we were talking about the nato summit and the critical nature of the security environment in europe and elsewhere around the world, the indo-pacific, and now we'll talk about military leaders that aren't going to be in their assignments at a very dangerous time. this is foolish. he's playing politics with the military. >> we asked him those questions. how it affects military families. thank you for your time tonight. an...